Fun engagement session in Des Moines reacently with one of our July 2019 wedding couples and their fur child. Can’t wait till your big day this July!
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I know sweet Kelsey from years ago at Buena Vista where we attended college together. She reached out to me recently about their engagement session and we just hit THE more perfect night for photos. They are having a fantastic destination wedding this Spring of 2019. I couldn’t have been happier to catch up with...
I had such a blast with this March engagement session! We lucked out with just the best day. You never know in Iowa what the weather will be (and wind!) in March so we had a blast enjoying the sunshine! Can’t wait for J+D’s big day this fall at one of our favorite wedding venues...
Erica and Jordan are HUGE Chicago Cubs baseball fans so when they came to me with the idea to do their engagement photos at Principal Park home of the Iowa Cubs how could I say no!? A Cubs themed engagement shoot, sign me up! It was so fun wandering around the stadium for photos at...
I wish it could stay mid June forever! Oh gosh that late night perfect summer Iowa light is everything. I had a great nature engagement session in Des Moines last week with these two. I can’t wait for your wedding day in April 2018 at Adventureland. Thanks for having me and we had such a...
Oh my goodness could we have lucked out more with this amazing Des Moines engagement session?! I think not! Complete with a rainbow!The sessions started out with some sprinkles but these two weren’t bothered a bit! The sky was just epic and we had such a great night, a wonderful little field of daisies followed...
I had a great (but cold holy cow!) January engagement session with Eric & Meg. You’d never know it was 30 degrees, and I swear they didn’t stop smiling the entire session. You can tell Meg is originally from Wisconsin, she just braved the cold no questions asked! You two are so adorable together! I’ve known...
We kicked off our 2017 with an amazing marriage proposal last weekend at the Iowa Capital downtown. We couldn’t have asked for better January weather for it either, and that sunset at the end. How perfect was that! How cute are these two! We had such a blast shooting their big moment. Thanks so much...
OH MY GOSH how cute are these two?! They just rocked their fall engagement session! Thanks for listening to my crazy ideas and checking out some new places with us for photos. I can’t believe this beautiful fall weather has stuck around so long this year, 60+ in November in Iowa is unheard of. Can’t...
What a fun fall engagement session recently. This is one of our awesome May 2017 couples, and we can’t wait for their big day at the Downtown Des Moines Marriott. I had a blast exploring the Papa John Sculpture Park, the Women of Achievement bridge with that epic sunset glow of mist off the river...
We ended up rescheduling 3 times due to icky weather and so excited we did! Sunday was the perfect night for fall engagement photos. That fall sunshine is everything! I even found a new location downtown with a great view of the Des Moines skyline for sunset. What a great engagement session with these two...
Saturday I had the pleasure of shooting this amazing proposal for Ben & Lucy in downtown Des Moines. All the feels on this one! So sweet! All the onlookers cheered for them when he got down on one knee. She cried happy tears, they shared lots of laughs and hugs. You can tell they are just...
With this post I’m officially all caught up for our vacation starting tomorrow night! WOO! We had a wonderful (BUT 95+ degree HOT) engagement session last week. These two are so much fun! We can’t wait until their (hopefully cooler) wedding this November in Indianola. June is just so perfect for a wonderful sunset and...
Could these two be more adorable?! Tanner and I had a blast returning to the farm for a wonderful engagement session for Laura and Justin last weekend. We are so stoked for their wedding this Sept and I couldn’t even begin to pick what to blog. I love them all. You two knocked these out...
We had a fun mini-engagement session with one of our awesome 2016 couples recently! They were serious troopers, it was way below zero but they knocked these out of the park! Can’t wait for their full session in May and man Des Moines looks great at night. Plus our new wireless flash system knocked it out of...
To wrap up our 2015 Des Moines engagement season marathon I’m happy to share this awesome November session with Jenna and John! It ended with the most perfect sunset over the Des Moines skyline. These two are getting married next spring on a beach (lucky!) how awesome is that! Thanks so much for choosing us...
I had a great fall engagement session with Kaitlynn & Darrell the other day, another one of our awesome 2016 couples! How cool is it that they meet at Zombie Burger too?! Des Moines weather this last month has just been perfect for engagement photos. We started off with some fall photos in the woods and...
More fall engagements! I know, holy overload of love. 😉 Had a great engagement session recently with Jared, Piper and their sassy fur kid Morgan. Morgan is a few month old Corgi puppy, how cute is she! We ended the session at this awesome location I’ve been dying to shoot at for awhile, it doesn’t even...
We had a great engagement session last weekend with Courtney & Nick at Big Creek. The light was just perfect and it sure feels more like fall out these last few days than I’d like to admit lately, Iowa what is up with that!? But that sunset at the end, pure perfection! Can’t wait to photograph...
Tanner and I had possibly one of the best engagement shoots ever a few weeks ago. I couldn’t even begin to narrow down pick images after, I just loved them all and can’t wait to blog them! One of our awesome 2015 grooms is a professional musician, feel free to go check out his Facebook page here:...
I love shooting exciting things, and not much is more exciting than a surprise engagement proposal! Congrats to G+A this weekend on popping the question at the Iowa Capital, what a great view of the city! Note: two photographers = better than one FTW also. Always great to have that 2nd angle or viewpoint of...
Something that’s fun and we’ve been doing since 2009 (our first year in business) is looking back on the behind the scenes pics from all our weddings, senior, family, commercial, etc shoots from the year. ZTS started out in 2009 with Tanner and I (then dating) and kind of fun that we are now married...
Trisha and Brendan are another one of our awesome 2015 couples, I had blast photographing their engagement session this past fall! We started out at the park for a few outfits then headed down to East Village to wrap up the session. The fall sun though, just amazing! Can’t wait for your wedding this August...
I do suppose the insanely cold January in Iowa weather is the perfect time for blogging! With us getting married this past fall I failed to blog SO MANY awesome engagement/family/commercial sessions so here we go with the delightful Ashlee and Kale AND my 2nd favorite adorable bulldog pal Bruce! (Only because we have a...
Apparently getting married and being wedding photographers = I have literally 20ish sessions from this fall of 2014 to blog! So here we go! Phil and Maleah had the killer idea to end their engagement photos at the gym. After-all they love working out together, how cool is that! Of-course I was all on board,...
Aria and Tyler are one of our 2014 wedding couples, they are getting married this November in Clear Lake (at the Surf Ballroom, how fun is that!). They traveled down to Des Moines for their engagement photos and I seriously can’t wait for their big day. These two are just so much fun! Thanks for...
Tanner and I headed to Kansas City for an awesome Spring engagement shoot a few weeks ago. J + C were awesome hosts (Dexter our bulldog even came along for the weekend!) showing us a great time on the town. We even managed to squeeze in some great engagement photos! 😉 We started off at...
It is finally Spring in Iowa! Last weekend we photographed one of our awesome August couples for a springtime engagement shoot here in Des Moines. Complete with a picnic and some beautiful flowering trees!
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of photographing Phillip and Maleah’s nighttime engagement proposal here in Des Moines. I didn’t cry and I went undetected, so what an for all! Congrats you two, and as difficult as photographing in the pitch black (on a windy bridge) is, you two rocked it. An love...
We had a delightful fall engagement shoot with Micah and Ryan at the Tournament Club of Iowa in Polk City. Can I just add this tree pictured above on the course is AMAZING. Holy cow I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a sweet tree in Iowa. Can’t wait to shoot your wedding next December...
Micah and Ryan nailed their engagement session at the Tournament Club of Iowa golf course this Saturday. Below are a few of my favorites, more to come so check back soon!
We had a great fall engagement session with Breanne and Ryan recently. We started off at Grey’s lake and then headed to downtown Des Moines and to some fun spots in East Village. Can’t wait to photograph your wedding next July and so incredibly glad the rain finally held off for your session!
These two NAILED their engagement session tonight! I can’t even pick one to post for a preview there are so many fantastic ones!
We had a fantastic fall Iowa engagement session at Ledges State Park with Missy and Zach earlier this week!
Ted and Kate couldn’t have asked for a better day to get married in July! I don’t even know where to begin with these two, they had one of the coolest weddings we have ever had the pleasure to photograph. They meet at one of the bars Ted owns Heroes downtown here in Des Moines...
One of my favorites from tonights session with our July bride and groom to be Jacob and Brita. You two rocked and were so comfortable the entire session! Glad the weather finally worked out and more to come very soon!
Peggy and Andy had an awesome wedding day surrounded by family and friends. They even got a very rare May snowstorm the two days prior, let us all thank Iowa that it didn’t happen on the 4th. Ha! Tanner and I made the trek up to Decorah, Iowa last Friday and I must say we were more...
Kelsey and Adam have been great together forever it seems, I remember sitting with them playing cards at college in BVU gosh…years ago! I was thrilled when Adam asked me to be there when he popped the big question a few months ago and even more thrilled to spend Sunday afternoon with them taking their...
I had a great engagement session in downtown Des Moines yesterday with Adam and Kelsey. Can’t wait to sit down and edit the rest of these, so many great photos and we found some fun locations! This is actually where Adam proposed to Kelsey a few months ago, how cool is that! I just loved...
Lots of ZTS Photo goodness today apparently! A featured story on us sponsored by Dr. Braxton Pulley of Pulley Chiropractic this week in Cityview Magazine. Don’t forget to pick up your copy and check us out. Thanks so much Braxton!
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